Ari Soglin
@arisoglin.bsky.social
Managing editor-News at Chicago Sun-Times; former Bay Area journalist. Occasional posts about Chicago Cubs (esp. from the bleachers).
Illinois' new medical aid in dying law went into effect this month. Here's how it works. chicago.suntimes.com/health/2026/...
Illinois residents who are terminally ill can now end their lives. Here’s how it works.
The medical aid in dying law is facing court challenges, but the law still stands.
chicago.suntimes.com
September 17, 2026 at 5:37 PM
Illinois' new medical aid in dying law went into effect this month. Here's how it works. chicago.suntimes.com/health/2026/...
What are the chances the city lets these stay? chicago.suntimes.com/transportati...
This group is building benches at bus stops that don't have one. Will the city let them?
Several people praised the Northwest Neighborhood Alliance online for building the benches in an online post. But the group is waiting to build more until the city makes the next move. Technically, th...
chicago.suntimes.com
September 15, 2026 at 12:28 PM
What are the chances the city lets these stay? chicago.suntimes.com/transportati...
This proposal for a new White Sox ballpark would be privately financed, one source says. If true, it may have a better chance than previous proposals. Here’s an explanation from @vimiller.bsky.social on what’s known so far. chicago.suntimes.com/white-sox/wh...
What to know about the Chicago White Sox stadium proposal
White Sox owner-in-waiting Justin Ishbia has proposed building a new Sox stadium along the Chicago River, next to The 78 neighborhood in the South Loop. Why? What does this mean for the Bridgeport nei...
chicago.suntimes.com
September 14, 2026 at 4:03 PM
This proposal for a new White Sox ballpark would be privately financed, one source says. If true, it may have a better chance than previous proposals. Here’s an explanation from @vimiller.bsky.social on what’s known so far. chicago.suntimes.com/white-sox/wh...
Can’t keep track of who’s running for mayor in Chicago? Here’s who’s in so far. chicago.suntimes.com/elections/20...
Who's vying to be mayor of Chicago? Here's a look at the roster of candidates so far.
For now, 12 candidates are vying for the job and circulating nominating petitions in hopes of gathering the required 12,500 signatures to secure a place on the ballot. Candidates have until Oct. 26 to...
chicago.suntimes.com
September 14, 2026 at 1:20 PM
Can’t keep track of who’s running for mayor in Chicago? Here’s who’s in so far. chicago.suntimes.com/elections/20...
The Reynolds Wrap giveaway came in handy when the rain hit Wrigley Field this afternoon.
September 13, 2026 at 8:51 PM
The Reynolds Wrap giveaway came in handy when the rain hit Wrigley Field this afternoon.
Cubs' losing streak continues. chicago.suntimes.com/crime/2026/0...
White Sox beat Cubs 56-48 — in Chicago ballpark arrests in recent years
Fans have mostly been charged with battery and trespassing, the Sun-Times found. One man ran onto both Wrigley and Rate fields, in one case holding a sign that read "Jesus is Lord." Another man starte...
chicago.suntimes.com
September 9, 2026 at 4:42 PM
Cubs' losing streak continues. chicago.suntimes.com/crime/2026/0...
Visually, Chicago is different since President Trump’s Operation Midway Blitz. Chicago Sun-Times photographers show how. chicago.suntimes.com/bearing-the-...
Photos: What Operation Midway Blitz left behind
Chicago Sun-Times photographers captured some of the remnants of the sweeping enforcement campaign that enveloped the Chicago area that began last fall.
chicago.suntimes.com
September 8, 2026 at 10:11 PM
Visually, Chicago is different since President Trump’s Operation Midway Blitz. Chicago Sun-Times photographers show how. chicago.suntimes.com/bearing-the-...
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The Chicago Sun-Times and WBEZ want to hear your stories as we report on Chicagoans 25 years after the attacks on Sept. 11, 2001. Here's how to submit.
How did 9/11 change your life?
chicago.suntimes.com
September 5, 2026 at 5:22 PM
The Chicago Sun-Times and WBEZ want to hear your stories as we report on Chicagoans 25 years after the attacks on Sept. 11, 2001. Here's how to submit.
President Trump brought Operation Midway Blitz to Chicago a year ago. Here’s an accounting of what happened. chicago.suntimes.com/graphics/imm...
September 8, 2026 at 12:51 PM
President Trump brought Operation Midway Blitz to Chicago a year ago. Here’s an accounting of what happened. chicago.suntimes.com/graphics/imm...
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The stadium would sit alongside the Chicago River stretching from Roosevelt Road in the North to 18th Street in the South, and bordered with the river on its east side and Canal Street to its West. The company currently has the land under contract.
New Sox Park? Future owner announces proposal for riverside stadium at 'The Railyards'
chicago.suntimes.com
September 5, 2026 at 2:38 PM
The stadium would sit alongside the Chicago River stretching from Roosevelt Road in the North to 18th Street in the South, and bordered with the river on its east side and Canal Street to its West. The company currently has the land under contract.
We may have “these guys causing celebrations for a generation of Chicago sports fans,” writes the @chicago.suntimes.com ‘s Vinnie Duber. chicago.suntimes.com/cubs/2026/09...
September 5, 2026 at 1:24 PM
We may have “these guys causing celebrations for a generation of Chicago sports fans,” writes the @chicago.suntimes.com ‘s Vinnie Duber. chicago.suntimes.com/cubs/2026/09...
Chicago’s bridges are listed in poor condition at a rate more than twice as high as the national average. And that may have been a factor in Wednesday’s heat related problems. chicago.suntimes.com/transportati...
Why did bridges in Chicago get stuck due to heat? Can it happen again?
The city has the most moveable bridges in the U.S. and they are vulnerable to ‘thermal expansion’ in severe heat.
chicago.suntimes.com
September 4, 2026 at 12:49 PM
Chicago’s bridges are listed in poor condition at a rate more than twice as high as the national average. And that may have been a factor in Wednesday’s heat related problems. chicago.suntimes.com/transportati...
Bereaved families are struggling to figure out whether they have the right remains. And their doubts even extend to whether they’ve been given human ashes. chicago.suntimes.com/news/2026/08...
Sisters have doubts about cremated remains: ‘Where is my mama?’
Franquella and Marshawna Campbell hired Planet Green Cremations after their mother died earlier this year, only to later discover that the business was owned by Clark and Johanna Morgan, who are under...
chicago.suntimes.com
August 28, 2026 at 7:14 PM
Bereaved families are struggling to figure out whether they have the right remains. And their doubts even extend to whether they’ve been given human ashes. chicago.suntimes.com/news/2026/08...
So, now it’s HAMES to remember the Great Lakes? chicago.suntimes.com/news/2026/08...
Trump signs order renaming Lake Ontario as 'Lake America' in the United States
President Donald Trump signed an executive order in the Oval Office on Thursday that updated the lake’s name for the U.S. geographic naming service.
chicago.suntimes.com
August 27, 2026 at 7:45 PM
So, now it’s HAMES to remember the Great Lakes? chicago.suntimes.com/news/2026/08...
In any other circumstance if Melissa Dixon couldn’t provide food and power for her children, the government would question her fitness as a mother and remove them from her care, she says. chicago.suntimes.com/graphics/wea...
12 nights without power in Gary, Indiana, ‘Why is this OK?’ | Chicago Sun-Times
With no power and a spotty generator, every day is a struggle for a family of seven as they approach two weeks without electricity in Northwest Indiana.
chicago.suntimes.com
August 24, 2026 at 12:23 PM
In any other circumstance if Melissa Dixon couldn’t provide food and power for her children, the government would question her fitness as a mother and remove them from her care, she says. chicago.suntimes.com/graphics/wea...
Where’s Obama’s tan suit? We’re on it! chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2...
We’re on the hunt for Barack Obama’s tan suit. Help us find it.
We're not looking for the replica he wore in a skit with Larry David on HBO but the real thing.
chicago.suntimes.com
August 17, 2026 at 1:35 PM
Where’s Obama’s tan suit? We’re on it! chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2...
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Heather Mack’s ex-boyfriend asks to be released from jail ahead of trial in Bali murder conspiracy
From @chicago.suntimes.com: chicago.suntimes.com/crime/2026/0...
From @chicago.suntimes.com: chicago.suntimes.com/crime/2026/0...
Heather Mack’s ex-boyfriend asks to be released from jail ahead of trial in Bali murder conspiracy
Tommy Schaefer’s attorney argued Friday that he isn’t charged with a crime of violence in relation to the deadly beating of Mack’s mother in Indonesia.
chicago.suntimes.com
August 14, 2026 at 4:48 PM
Heather Mack’s ex-boyfriend asks to be released from jail ahead of trial in Bali murder conspiracy
From @chicago.suntimes.com: chicago.suntimes.com/crime/2026/0...
From @chicago.suntimes.com: chicago.suntimes.com/crime/2026/0...
Get to know South Deering thanks to reporter @brettchase.bsky.social spending some time with its residents, who have seen a lot — even before last week’s funeral home fiasco. chicago.suntimes.com/environment/...
Funeral home shocker, pollution, mad bomber: Far South Side neighbors have been through a lot
South Deering neighborhood, known as Vet’s Park and Slag Valley, endured a lot before dozens of decomposed bodies were found at South Chicago Chapel funeral parlor.
chicago.suntimes.com
August 14, 2026 at 1:40 PM
Get to know South Deering thanks to reporter @brettchase.bsky.social spending some time with its residents, who have seen a lot — even before last week’s funeral home fiasco. chicago.suntimes.com/environment/...
Two dozen photos from the Apollo 11 crew's Chicago parade. I've got a couple favorites — the building with people crowded onto fire escapes and the kids playing in knee-deep confetti. chicago.suntimes.com/chicago-hist...
When the men who walked on the moon walked through Chicago
One small step for man was one giant celebration in Chicago.
chicago.suntimes.com
August 14, 2026 at 1:15 AM
Two dozen photos from the Apollo 11 crew's Chicago parade. I've got a couple favorites — the building with people crowded onto fire escapes and the kids playing in knee-deep confetti. chicago.suntimes.com/chicago-hist...
Laura Murillo, who says she nearly kissed the ground when she returned to Chicago, says her priorities have shifted after being separated from her family and community. @almacampos.bsky.social reports. chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...
After six months in ICE detention, a Chicago tamale vendor rebuilds her life
Laura Murillo’s arrest last fall represented a rupture for Chicago’s immigrant community and in the life she had built around work and caring for her daughters. Six months later, she returned home to ...
chicago.suntimes.com
August 13, 2026 at 12:28 PM
Laura Murillo, who says she nearly kissed the ground when she returned to Chicago, says her priorities have shifted after being separated from her family and community. @almacampos.bsky.social reports. chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...
The giveaway was initially intended for just 2,500 fans with special tickets. But it soon expanded to the entire stadium of nearly 41,000. chicago.suntimes.com/white-sox/20...
White Sox Pope Leo night draws out thousands for pontiff hats and Catholic fanfare
The giveaway was initially intended to just be for 2,500 fans who bought special tickets, but soon expanded to the entire stadium of nearly 41,000. As for making it an annual tradition? “We’ll see,” s...
chicago.suntimes.com
August 12, 2026 at 12:59 AM
The giveaway was initially intended for just 2,500 fans with special tickets. But it soon expanded to the entire stadium of nearly 41,000. chicago.suntimes.com/white-sox/20...
Reposted by Ari Soglin
Latasha Johnson had given the eulogy and ended her mother’s funeral service at the South Chicago Chapel when she and her family noticed Chicago police had blocked in their vehicles. Not long after, officers found dozens of decomposing bodies inside the funeral home.
Families, neighbors sickened by discovery of dozens of bodies at South Side funeral home
chicago.suntimes.com
August 7, 2026 at 6:05 PM
Latasha Johnson had given the eulogy and ended her mother’s funeral service at the South Chicago Chapel when she and her family noticed Chicago police had blocked in their vehicles. Not long after, officers found dozens of decomposing bodies inside the funeral home.
Reposted by Ari Soglin
PHOTOS: 57 decomposing bodies discovered at Far South Side funeral home
August 7, 2026 at 3:25 AM
PHOTOS: 57 decomposing bodies discovered at Far South Side funeral home
Reposted by Ari Soglin
Dozens of decomposing bodies were found Thursday at a Far South Side funeral home, according to the Cook County medical examiner’s office. The foul smell that hung in the air Thursday night started during the winter, several neighbors told the Sun-Times.
57 decomposing bodies discovered at Far South Side funeral home
chicago.suntimes.com
August 7, 2026 at 3:36 AM
Dozens of decomposing bodies were found Thursday at a Far South Side funeral home, according to the Cook County medical examiner’s office. The foul smell that hung in the air Thursday night started during the winter, several neighbors told the Sun-Times.